Cuban migrants, under the “Remain in Mexico” program, work in a barbershop while awaiting their immigration hearing in the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Tuesday.
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Arnab Goswami: Republic TV founder arrested in suicide case
BBC Online :Arnab Goswami, one of India’s top news anchors, has been arrested in connection with an abetment to suicide case.Police said the Republic TV founder was being investigated for his alleged role in...
Rival factions in Libya agree on implementation of ceasefire deal
Al Jazeera News :Libya’s rival military factions have agreed on a plan for implementing a ceasefire deal reached last month, the United Nations’ acting envoy to Libya Stephanie Williams has said.The announcement on Tuesday...
Myanmar fugitive monk Wirathu hands himself over to police
Reuters, Yangon :Hardline Buddhist nationalist monk Ashin Wirathu handed himself over to police in Myanmar’s commercial capital of Yangon on Monday after more than a year on the run from charges of sedition.Wearing a...
UAE Prime Minister receives coronavirus vaccine shot
Al Jazeera News :Prime Minister and vice president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has said he received a coronavirus vaccine shot.“We wish everyone safety...
Rising Covid-19 cases push Spain to impose tighter restrictions
Reuters, Madrid :The northern Spanish region of Castilla and Leon ordered a shutdown of bars and restaurants on Tuesday and demanded tougher measures from the national government to defeat one of Europe’s worst outbreaks...
Ivory Coast President claims landslide win, opposition cries foul
Al Jazeera News :Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has provisionally won a third term in office with 94.27 percent of the vote, the electoral commission announced, after a bitter election which sparked deadly violence...
Turkey continues rescue work after earthquake death toll hits 81
Al Jazeera NewsRescue teams have rescued two girls alive from the wreckage of their collapsed apartment buildings in the Turkish coastal area of Izmir, three days after a powerful earthquake hit Turkey and Greece.The...
French schools hold minute`s silence in for slain teacher
Reuters :Schools across France held a minute’s silence on Monday in memory of Samuel Paty who was beheaded by a Chechen teenager who wanted to avenge his use of cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad...
China starts once-a-decade census of world’s largest population
Al Jazeera News :Millions of census-takers have begun knocking on doors across China for a once-a-decade headcount of the world’s largest population, which for the first time will use mobile apps to help crunch...
Algeria votes in referendum aimed at ending protest movement
Al Jazeera News :Algerians are voting on a revised constitution the government hopes will finally neutralise a protest movement that, at its peak last year, swept longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika from power.Bouteflika’s successor Abdelmadjid...
Over 2.5m Slovaks join nationwide Covid-19 testing 1st day
Reuters :Nearly half of Slovakia’s entire population took COVID-19 swabs on Saturday, the first day of two-day nationwide testing the government hopes will help reverse a fast rise in infections without a hard lockdown.The...